Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Tirupati, is an Andhra Pradesh state veterinary university established in 2005 under Andhra Pradesh Act No. 18 of 2005, carved out of the then Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University. It holds UGC Section 2(f) and 12(B) recognition. SVVU is a separate institution from the general Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), also based in Tirupati, despite the near-identical name.
The university's current NAAC accreditation status is unresolved from official sources: its own NAAC page states it is applying for accreditation for the first time, while a 2024 Government of India report describes a completed peer-team visit without stating a grade. No confirmed NAAC grade is published on this page. SVVU's colleges held ICAR accreditation from April 2018, valid only to March 2022, with no renewal confirmed from ICAR's current list.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Established | 2005, Andhra Pradesh Act No. 18 of 2005 |
| Type | State veterinary university, Andhra Pradesh |
| NAAC | Unresolved, no confirmed grade published by an official source |
| ICAR accreditation | Granted April 2018, valid to March 2022, no renewal confirmed |
| VCI recognition | Confirmed for Tirupati, Gannavaram, and Proddatur veterinary colleges via Government of India AIQ counselling documents |
| Constituent colleges | 4 veterinary colleges (Tirupati, Gannavaram, Proddatur, Garividi), plus College of Dairy Technology, Tirupati |
| Campus headquarters | Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh |
| BVSc and A.H. admission | 85 percent state quota (AP EAPCET Agriculture merit), 15 percent All India Quota (NEET-UG, via VCI) |
SVVU's core degree offering is the BVSc and A.H. (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry), taught across its four constituent veterinary colleges at Tirupati, Gannavaram, Proddatur, and Garividi, alongside a B.Tech in Dairy Technology at its College of Dairy Technology, Tirupati. The university also runs 10 university-affiliated and 12 affiliated Animal Husbandry Polytechnics, and previously included a College of Fishery Science at Muthukur, which transferred to the newly formed Andhra Pradesh Fisheries University in February 2022 and is no longer part of SVVU.
BVSc and A.H. admission splits into two channels. Eighty-five percent of seats, the Andhra Pradesh state quota, are filled through AP EAPCET Agriculture stream merit, with counselling managed by SVVU itself. The remaining fifteen percent, the All India Quota, are filled through NEET-UG rank via the Veterinary Council of India's own centralised counselling, run in multiple rounds including a stray-vacancy round.
| Quota | Share | Admission basis |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh state quota | 85 percent | AP EAPCET, Agriculture stream, SVVU counselling |
| All India Quota | 15 percent | NEET-UG rank, VCI counselling |
No verifiable, currently open 2026-27 admission notification could be confirmed on SVVU's own official pages at the time of writing; the most recently visible official notice on the university's homepage covered PhD and MVSc admission for the 2025-26 academic year. A specific 2026-27 application deadline circulating on aggregator sites could not be corroborated against an official SVVU notification and is not stated here. Readers should check SVVU's own official site directly for the current cycle's dates.
SVVU did not appear in the NIRF 2025 Agriculture and Allied Sectors ranking list checked directly against nirfindia.org. A widely repeated rank figure for SVVU traces back to the NIRF 2024 cycle rather than 2025 and is not used on this page. No confirmed NAAC grade is published for this institution from an official source.
SVVU is headquartered at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, and operates across four constituent veterinary colleges at Tirupati, Gannavaram, Proddatur, and Garividi, plus a College of Dairy Technology at Tirupati. A confirmed campus acreage figure for the headquarters could not be verified from an official source and is not stated.
Tirupati, Gannavaram, and Proddatur veterinary colleges are named directly in Government of India All India Quota counselling documentation
College of Dairy Technology, Tirupati, operates alongside its four veterinary colleges under the same university
A transparent 85-15 split between Andhra Pradesh's own state-quota merit process and the Veterinary Council of India's national counselling
Carved out of the historic Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University in 2005, inheriting decades of prior veterinary-education infrastructure
10 university and 12 affiliated Animal Husbandry Polytechnics extend its reach beyond its four constituent veterinary colleges
| Framework | Category | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIRF | Agriculture | 2024 | #33 |
| NIRF | Agriculture | 2023 | #31 |
| NIRF | University | 2023 | #60 |
| NIRF | University | 2022 | #67 |
| NIRF | Pharmacy | 2022 | #89 |
No independently verifiable, individually sourced notable alumni could be confirmed for this institution at the time of writing. This section is left out rather than populated with unconfirmed names.
1 courses offered. Fees in INR lakhs.
| Course | Specialization | Duration | Total seats | Total fee | Avg package |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVSc (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry) | — | 36 months | — | ₹0.9L | — |
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